Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 3.5% of Lumpkin County’s student body during 2023-24 school year

There were 132 multiracial students enrolled in Lumpkin County school in the 2023-24 school year, 22.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lumpkin County welcomed 3,761 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Lumpkin County, Lumpkin County Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 35 students.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia’s public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.